7 cops injured as police checkpost comes under attack in KP's Kohat

Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A group of terrorists launched an attack on a police checkpost in Kohat early Wednesday, resulting in seven policemen sustaining injuries. A police official, speaking on condition of anonymity, informed Dawn that the attack was repelled, and the injured officers were in stable condition. The incident occurred at the Shadi Pur checkpost, situated within the Gombat police station area.

The injured were promptly transported to a nearby hospital, where their well-being was reported as satisfactory. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Shafi Jan strongly condemned the attack, branding it as "extremely regrettable and cowardly". Jan assured the public that the terrorists would fail in their "nefarious objectives" and expressed hope for the injured police personnel's speedy recovery.

He also announced that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police and the Counter Terrorism Department had been bolstered with modern weaponry and advanced technology to combat the growing threat of terrorism. Recent data from the Centre for Research and Security Studies revealed that Pakistan witnessed an alarming 83% surge in violence-linked fatalities during the third quarter of 2026, marking a reversal of the downward trend observed in the first and second quarters.

Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa bore the brunt of the violence, together accounting for 98% of all fatalities during the specified period. Balochistan alone accounted for 829 deaths, representing nearly 59% of the national total, while Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reported 556 fatalities, constituting more than 39%.